Cedar Rapids Cubs Hopeful Nucleus Gathers In Keokuk
55yearold Charlie Hargreaves backed by Ray Kennedy builds Cedar Rapids class C core from pitchers Pritts and McFarland and catcher Minor. Keokuk standouts join. Minor hits two homers, Pritts shows strikeout power. Injuries shift batting order as Packy Rogers and others adapt. crowd sizes hint at strong regional support.
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Pittsburgh
Pirates
Ray Kennedy
Hargreaves
Keokuk
Pritts
Harry Pritts
Phil Seghi
Harry Minor
Waco
Bill McFarland
Yankee
McFarland
Cedar Rapids
Minor
Bruner Tied At Big Nine Top Hurls Friday
Iowa left-hander Jack Bruner shares the Big Nine pitching lead with Horace Tangman Illinois Floyd Love Wisconsin and Bob Hartman Purdue each with two victories. Bruner faces Indiana in Friday’s series opener as Iowa aims for two games. Don Ritter Indiana leads conference batting at .550 with Murland Moran Iowa at .500.
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Jack Bruner
Iowa
Big Nine
Bruner
Horace Tangman
Illinois
Floyd Love
Wisconsin
Bob Hartman
Purdue
Bill Tosheff
Hawkeyes
Indiana
Don Ritter
Ken Blackman
Storm Lake White Caps
Murland Moran
Clinton Evens Series With Burlington 6 to 2
Clinton ties the series by beating Burlington 6 to 2. Willard of Clinton extended his hot streak with a seventh hit in eight at bats since the season opened.
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Clinton
Burlington
Willard
Central Association
Kewanee Edges Rockford In Central Association Tilt
Kewanee defeated Rockford 10 to 8 despite Rockford’s late batting surge. The game featured a high-scoring affair with Kewanee holding on after a rough middle innings and Tweedie earning the win while Johnson took the loss.
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Central Association
Rockford Sines Ee
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Tweedie
Ewer
Central Association Standings and Thursday Schedule
Standings show Keokuk Cedar Rapids Kewanee Rockford Clinton Burlington with varied wins. Wednesday results: Keokuk 12 Cedar Rapids 2 Kewanee 10 Rockford 8 Clinton 6 Burlington 2. Thursday games list matchups Keokuk Cedar Rapids Clinton Burlington Rockford Kewanee Cedar Rapids Rockford Burlington Keokuk Clinton Cedar Rapids Rockford
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Clinton
Burlington
National League standings and Thursday schedule
National League standings show New York 7 5 83, Brooklyn 7 83, Cincinnati 7 08, Philadelphia 0 2, St Louis 7 462, Chicago 0 8 .429, Pittsburgh 9 40 3%. Probable pitchers listed for Thursday: Cincinnati Wehmeier at Brooklyn Banta, Pittsburgh Sewell at New York Jones, St Louis Munger at Philadelphia Borony. Evening games include St Louis at New York and Cincinnati at Boston.
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Baseball Scores and Pitcher Outlooks in 1940s Report
Scores show Cleveland 4 Philadelphia 3 New York 16 St Louis 5 Chicago 7 Detroit 5 with Boston blank. Probable pitchers list Reynolds at Kramer Schei Haefner Embrey for Friday games Philadelphia at Detroit and Philadelphia at St. Louis with night games noted.
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Major Boxscores Highlight Evening Baseball Action
National League and American League boxscores feature Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Cleveland, New York, Pittsburgh, and Brooklyn in midweek games. Key performers include Sam Sain, Heffner, Traylor, Minor, and Hatten. scoring notes, pitching decisions, and game durations are summarized with final tallies and RBI Details.
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Fairbanks to Box for CIO in Colosseum Card
Fairbanks a Cedar Rapids Golden Gloves featherweight runnerup headlines next Wednesday’s amateur fight card at the coliseum. He will wear United Packinghouse Workers of America Union No 3 colors and face Des Moines champion Henry Martinez in the three round feature. Jack McGinnis and Dick Kanellis also fighters sponsored by UPWA will meet out of town opponents.
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Franklin High School
United Packinghouse Workers of American
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Dick Kanellis
UPWA
Cedar Rapids Golden Gloves
Henry Martinez
Des Moines
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LeRoy Thompson
Iowa Aau
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Clinton
Bucs' Minor Pounds Two Home Runs
Harry Pritts held Cedar Rapids to five hits with ten strikeouts as Keokuk Pirates beat the Rockets 12 to 2. The Pirates totaled 17 hits behind Pritts in Wednesday night action.
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Hargreaves
Minor
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Booster Club Plans Kids Night at Cedar Rapids Park
Howard Hahn, president of the fans booster club, arranged a kids night at Cedar Rapids baseball park. All children, boys or girls, will be admitted free to the right field bleachers.
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Howard Hahn
Fans’ Booster Club
Cedar Rapids
District Tennis and Golf Sites Set for May 14
The Iowa High School Athletic Association announced district golf and tennis sites for events on Saturday May 14. Golf venues include Boone Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln Des Moines East Fairfield Iowa City Mason City Spirit Lake and Waterloo East. Tennis venues list Ames Burlington Cedar Falls Teachers Cedar Rapids Wilson West Des Moines Roosevelt Fort Dodge Iowa City and Mason City. Finals May 21 at Ames along with the state track meet.
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Iowa High School Athletic Association
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Mason City
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Waterloo
Ames
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Cedar Rapids
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Ford Dodge
Jacobs Retires From Boxing After Illustrious Career
New York reports Mike Jacobs, considered one of boxing’s most powerful figures, announced his retirement from the sport on Thursday.
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New York
Mike Jacobs
Phils Sweep Dodgers and Cards for Fifth Straight
New York report notes the Philadelphia Phillies stretch their winning streak to five by defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers and St Louis Cardinals. Eddie Sawyer praised as manager while Ken Heintzelman improves to 4-0 with strong support from Trinkle to hold off a late Cardinals rally.
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Boston
St. Louis
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Braves
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Gehringer Voted Into Baseball Hall of Fame
New York AP Charles Gehringer former star second baseman of the Detroit Tigers was voted into baseballs Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association. Gehringer played 18 seasons with Detroit and retired after 1941 with a .321 lifetime batting average. He coached the Bengals in 1942 then joined the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant.
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Charles Gehringer
Detroit Tigers
Baseball Writers’ Association of America
Gehringer
Tigers
Bengals
U. S. Navy
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